Installing GCC without root permissions

[sabian]

Is it possible to install gcc, even just for myself, without having root permissions on Fedora Core 6? I've tried everything I can think of including setting rpm's --root to a /home/<user>/ directory but can't seem to get anywhere, but then again I'm sort of a linux newbie.

Any help, even if you just tell me it's immpossible so I can stop trying, would be very much appreciated.

[LBCoder]

"Possible" and "do you really want to" are two totally different things. It is most definitely possible, but it is NOT something that you will want to do. It is also unlikely to work properly when it is done.

[marcrblevins]

Sabian, Welcome to Fedora! FC6 reached "End of Life", therefore no support to get rpms thru yum, etc.

Please update to Fedora 9. Fedora 10 will be release this month.

[stevea]

Yes you can do it, and it's not terribly hard:

Here is an example for F8, but YOU will have to find the RPMs for YOUR distro.

cd
mkdir mygcc
cd mygcc
wget http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pu....2-33.i386.rpm
wget http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pu....2-33.i386.rpm
rpm --root=$(pwd) --nodeps --relocate /=$(pwd) -ihv gcc*rpm
rpm --root=$(pwd) --nodeps --relocate /=$(pwd) -ihv cpp*rpm
cd


You'll have to add these .. .try putting then in your ~/.bash_profile
PATH=$HOME/mygcc/usr/bin:$HOME/mygcc/usr/libexec:$PATH
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$HOME/mygcc/usr/lib/gcc/i386-redhat-linux/4.1.2:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH

# examples use ...

[stevea@lycoperdon ~]$ gcc -sysroot=$HOME/mygcc -I /usr/include -o hello hello.c
[stevea@lycoperdon ~]$ ./hello
Hello, cruel world!


Note that if you need additional libraries you'll have to find the packages and install (rpm command above.

You'll probably want to link from ~/mygcc/usr/include to /usr/include. Also see the -isysroot option to gcc.
This assumes that you system has binutils installed (almost certain) and also con basic shared libraries.

Ignore the error msg from the rpm commands.

[stevea]

Originally Posted by LBCoder

"Possible" and "do you really want to" are two totally different things. It is most definitely possible, but it is NOT something that you will want to do. It is also unlikely to work properly when it is done.

Why would you not want to ? I use cross compilers built under accounts all day long !
Unlikely to work ??? Only if you don't get all the dependencies. rpm can help identify them.
That "Can't do" attitude won't take you far.

[sabian]

Very helpful, thanks a bunch!

Originally Posted by marcrblevins

Sabian, Welcome to Fedora! FC6 reached "End of Life", therefore no support to get rpms thru yum, etc.

Please update to Fedora 9. Fedora 10 will be release this month.

Trust me I'd love to, but no sysadmin privileges here and if I couldn't get them to install gcc I can't imagine the trouble I'd have trying to get them to update the OS.

--Thanks again

[lexje]

Hi,

I realize this is an old thread.
Nevertheless it has helped me today, so thanks for that :-)

I'd like to be able to keep my own git repository on my hosted webserver

I am trying to get make working on my hosted shared server, running centos.
At least the make command is recognized now, but I'm stuck at:

[~/src/git-1.6.5.4]# make
/bin/sh: curl-config: command not found
    CC fast-import.o
/bin/sh: /usr/bin/gcc: Permission denied
make: *** [fast-import.o] Error 126

I've tried adding libgcc-4.1.2-46.el5_4.1.x86_64.rpm to /mygcc but am not sure what to add to my .bash_profile to make it work.

Would I also need these:
rpm-build-4.4.2.3-18.el5.x86_64.rpm
make-3.81-3.el5.x86_64.rpm


How can I solve this?
Any problems that I have not foreseen yet?

Thanks a lot,

Erwin

[marcrblevins]

lexje,
Do you have the root password to install those packages?

If not, you have to ask your "webhoster" to install it for you.

[lexje]

Thanks for replying;
No, I have no root access -
I am exactly looking into achieving this as non-root...

Erwin